My couscous cake is a disaster :(

I'm not sure if its supposed to be how it turned out. I had to use a pyrex dish as i have no tins, but its kinda doughy and i added some baking power but it didn't rise and its very heavy What did i do wrong?

My couscous cake ended up looking like a bread pudding, but tasted delicious! Polenta is free if bought in the block form already made, well it used to be! LOL!! The Italians also use polenta as a kind of mash potato and a gorgeous Northern Italy dish is sausages, polenta and gravy!! Hmm m

It's kinda similar to ground semolina the stuff I use - I take it that isn't free on a green day? I'm not as keen on the block stuff personally.

Annoying (unless I'm wrong again) that you have to syn cooked fruits. I like couscous cake but making it into upside down cake with apple slices or pineapple etc. Will post that below but no idea of the syns, if someone cares to work it out?

Pour the boiling water over the couscous until completely absorbed.
Meanwhile mix all other ingredients well and the mix into the couscous.
Pour into a cake tin that's been sprayed with fry light and bake at 180 degrees for 20 mins until firm to the touch.

PINEAPPLE UPSIDE DOWN CAKE
USING COUSCOUS CAKE RECIPE
Change yougurt from toffee to pineapple.
Drain a can of sliced pineapples ( in juice),line a 7" cake tin , spray with Fry light, arrange pineapple rings in base of tin, put pitted cherry, blueberry or raspberry on hole.
Pour over mixture,bake as for couscous cake.
Serve turned upside down good with vanilla yogurt !!
- if using apple instead it's works well with the toffee flavour yoghurt

I've already got a scanbran trifle attempt in the fridge and I'm now wanting to try the mincemeat couscous cake but I like scanbran christmas pudding too and I was going to make the mini lemon drizzle cakes for the mag. I don't think anything is freezable and although everything's low syn there's eating treats and then there's taking the mick lol

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